Tag: healthy fat

Salted Chocolate Almonds 

On By Sage & SpinachIn SweetsLeave a comment

So it’s been awhile since I’ve posted- I have lots of ideas to try out and post about, I’ve just been busy with a little home renovating and all day nausea…..yes, I’m expecting a baby in the fall! We were super surprised since our first born came just last year! Why not keep the good times rolling?

I attempted something simple last night. I’ve been trying to up my protein since it is recommended that I eat 70 grams per day. That is a lot for me, considering I’m not much of a meat eater. So almonds it is! I wanted to try and jazz up these, some what boring nuts in a healthy way.

This is one of the more simpler post but still fun and classy.


Ingredients

A couple handfuls of raw almonds

1/4 cup Homemade chocolate chips melted

Ground Himalayan pink salt

How To 

To start, gather ingredients and create assembly line of almonds, chocolate and salt. Dip almonds in melted chocolate one at a time and place on parchment paper. Let cool and repeat dipping if chocolate seems to thin. Before completely cool sprinkle almonds with salt. Not only do salt and chocolate go well together they make the almonds look beautiful! Keep in fridge and serve.

Prep time: 30 minutes

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Perfect Guacamole

On By Sage & SpinachIn Sides5 Comments

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One of my all time favorite lunches! Yep you heard it, I sometimes make guacamole as my main dish for lunch. I will also make it in the morning, for an afternoon snack, late night snack, side with dinner… You get the picture.

Having ready to eat avocados in our home is a must! You can make guac in many different ways and some of them are are not so good. I can tell you from experience it’s a bad day when things go south. But, thankfully, I’ve mastered a guac recipe that I’m excited to share with the world. It’s simple, yet perfect!

Ingredients

2 ripe organic avocados

one half of a lime (lemon will do as well)

1-2 cloves of minced garlic (3 if small)

about seven cherry tomatoes

salt to taste (I use aproximately 2-3 tsp of Himalayan pink salt)

How to 

To start, peel avocados rather than cut, this way you don’t lose some of the greener part of the avocado that is sometimes hard to get when you scoop with a spoon. The greenest part of the avocado has the most antioxidants, let’s make sure to eat it!

Once avocados are peeled and placed in bowl- mash, mash, mash. Once mashed add lime, garlic, tomatoes, and salt.

Scoop with favorite chips and enjoy!

prep time: 5 minutes 

Enjoyers: 2-4